Today is the 28th anniversary of Shannon Wright’s death. She stood between a bullet and a child. Shannon died, the child lived. The young shooters did not extinguish their own lives.
Shannon’s actions resonated in my entire being on March 24, 1998. The trajectory of my life changed that day because I knew it was too late for Shannon but not for my class and school.
If you do not do anything else today, please give a prayer of thanksgiving for Shannon. And ASK yourself, does a situation in a school have to get so bad that students and staff have to die.
I will never forget. The news will not allow it. But, more importantly, Shannon deserves to be remembered.
Marian R Carlino
March 24,2026
